Hikurangi

Hikurangi is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The city of Whangarei is 17 km to the south, and Kawakawa is 39 km northwest. The Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement. State Highway 1 once passed through the town, but now bypasses it to the west. Mount Hikurangi is a volcanic dome rising 365 m to the west of the town. It is 1.2 million years old, and part of the Harbour Fault which also includes Parakiore near Kamo, and Parihaka in Whangarei. The population was 1,422 in the 2006 Census, unchanged from 2001. Hikurangi is a service town for the local dairy industry. An area of 12,000 acres (49 km) of land at Hikurangi was purchased from local Maori by the District Commissioner of Lands in 1862. The land was considered...